South Carolina: A Turning Point in the Presidential Primary?
This week’s story update on Election Central tries to evaluate the importance of last weekend’s South Carolina primary voting results. First, there was Iowa . . . then New Hampshire and Nevada . . . and this past weekend, South Carolina. For many Democrats, the outcome of the South Carolina primary was a turning point, […]
What Happened to Joe Biden?
This week’s story update on Election Central gives an overview of the challenges faced by the Joe Biden nomination campaign. For the past year, a full slate of potential Democratic candidates have battled on-stage and off, vying to become the person to take on the Republican candidate (almost surely–but not yet officially–Donald Trump) in the […]
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Brexit Finally Happens Yes, you read that right. Since 2016, btw has been bringing you stories speculating about Brexit–the formal separation of the United Kingdom from the European Union (EU). And now, it has finally happened. But did you miss it? For more than three years, the world has waited tensely for the terms of […]
Iowa Results . . . Delayed
Last Monday was the Iowa Democratic caucus: the first primary election of the 2020 presidential campaign. While Iowa only accounts for a very small percentage of the number of delegates necessary for a candidate to win the Democratic nomination, it’s an important event because it represents the first meaningful public reaction to possible presidential candidates. […]
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A Nation at War? Congress Wants a Say Last week, btw brought you a closer look at the escalating tensions between the U.S. and Iran. Now, Congress is trying to dial back that tension and avoid war by putting a limit on some of the president’s war-related powers. Introduced by Virginia Senator Tim Kaine, the […]
Trump is Impeached
Wednesday evening, December 19, 2019, Donald J. Trump–the 45th president of the United States became the third president impeached by the House of Representatives. Trump joins Andrew Johnson (1868) and Bill Clinton (1998) in this less-than-desirable group. (Richard Nixon resigned from the executive office in 1974 before he could be officially impeached.) It has been […]
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Volcano Eruption Claims Fifteen Lives Last week, at least fifteen people were killed and fourteen more severely injured when a volcano exploded on an island off the coast of New Zealand. It is understood that they perished from the heat, ash, and toxic gases that were released by the eruption. So why were 47 people […]
Impeachment Update
This week’s story update on Election Central gets you up-to-date on the most recent details of the impeachment inquiry. By now, you’re no doubt familiar with the impeachment inquiry against Trump, who is accused of withholding Congressional-approved military aid to Ukraine unless its president agreed to investigate potential 2020 Democratic candidate Joe Biden and his […]
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Rigged Election Leads to Political Chaos in Bolivia Here in the United States, we’ve heard some accusations about the possibility of voter fraud and rigged elections. Right now, the nation of Bolivia is facing fallout from just this situation. Last month, President Evo Morales was elected to a fourth term in office. But an audit […]
“Off-Year” Elections? Not for Democrats
This week’s story update on Election Central gives you more information on the election results that happened in some states last week. They’re called “off-year” elections, but there was nothing “off” about last Tuesday night for Democrats around the nation. Several states saw big blue wins. But will 2019’s state-level Democratic gains automatically translate to […]